Monday, December 27, 2010
prayers: answered
dear candice,
my prayers have been answered. my Father has heard my cry to go and serve. i may not be going back to talledaga, but God has provided 5 different trips over spring break for more students to go and do local ministries. 5 groups of around 15 students will be going to local cities in tennessee, alabama, kentucky, and georgia to be broken for the better because of how God will reveal Himself to us.
words cant describe how happy i am that God is allaowing me to go and serve people who need Him. who knows, maybe there will be a 9-year-old girl in the next city i go to who i will write letters that she wont receive. anything is possible. this has been such a reassuance that god is on my side and He answeres my prayers.
i will praise my Creator for what He has done for me. For how he heard me. for How he Gives. i will continue to call to Him in the good times and in the bad times, because He is faithful and on my side.
praise God.
stay inspired,
i love you.
love,
sara
sunday november 14 2010
{love}
dear candice,
love is such a beautiful thing. but the sad thing is, our society has pretty mch corrupted our minds when it comes to love. love is an action. when you you care about a person enough, you can love them by taking acrtion. i cant walk around saying that i love chocolate. it just doesnt work that way. i greatly enjoy eating chocolate, but i cant love it. true love leaves a mark on the person who is loved. love isnt saying, "im thinking about you." what good will thinking do? love isnt having a boyfriend that you like being around. but thats what the world has turned love into. love for someone can be expressed in so many different ways. it doesnt have to be outwardly expressed- simply praying for someone is loving them.
love never fails. in the words of Paul, "love is patient, love is kind, love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. it does not insist on its own way; it is not resentful; it does not rejoice in wrong doing, but it rejoices in truth. love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things." thats love for you. i couldnt have put it better myself. love is true and true love leaves a mark.
i love you. this is me leaving a mark on you and the people reading this.
love,
sara.
dear candice,
love is such a beautiful thing. but the sad thing is, our society has pretty mch corrupted our minds when it comes to love. love is an action. when you you care about a person enough, you can love them by taking acrtion. i cant walk around saying that i love chocolate. it just doesnt work that way. i greatly enjoy eating chocolate, but i cant love it. true love leaves a mark on the person who is loved. love isnt saying, "im thinking about you." what good will thinking do? love isnt having a boyfriend that you like being around. but thats what the world has turned love into. love for someone can be expressed in so many different ways. it doesnt have to be outwardly expressed- simply praying for someone is loving them.
love never fails. in the words of Paul, "love is patient, love is kind, love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. it does not insist on its own way; it is not resentful; it does not rejoice in wrong doing, but it rejoices in truth. love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things." thats love for you. i couldnt have put it better myself. love is true and true love leaves a mark.
i love you. this is me leaving a mark on you and the people reading this.
love,
sara.
sunday october 31 2010
{omni-good God}
dear candice,
God is so good. in all of the really crappy times in my life, God is so amazing.in all of the incredibly miraculous times in my life, God is so amazing. in all of the times that i have sinned, God is so amazing.no matter what im going through, God is always before me and behind me. i am never alone. God said that He would never leave us or forsake us- and He meant it.
candice, sometimes i feel like we cry out to God and surrender to Him in the times when we are desperate and we have no one else to turn to. if we really truly need Him with us, we will cry out to Him in the good times as well as the bad ones. the great thing about out god is that He will rescue is from the whenever we call on Him. He is our refuge and we always need Him even in the good times and the bad. we just get sidetracked sometimes and let our thoughts get the best of us.
candice, cry out to God in the good and the bad times and He will rescue you.
i love you.
love,
sara
dear candice,
God is so good. in all of the really crappy times in my life, God is so amazing.in all of the incredibly miraculous times in my life, God is so amazing. in all of the times that i have sinned, God is so amazing.no matter what im going through, God is always before me and behind me. i am never alone. God said that He would never leave us or forsake us- and He meant it.
candice, sometimes i feel like we cry out to God and surrender to Him in the times when we are desperate and we have no one else to turn to. if we really truly need Him with us, we will cry out to Him in the good times as well as the bad ones. the great thing about out god is that He will rescue is from the whenever we call on Him. He is our refuge and we always need Him even in the good times and the bad. we just get sidetracked sometimes and let our thoughts get the best of us.
candice, cry out to God in the good and the bad times and He will rescue you.
i love you.
love,
sara
friday october 29 2010
{count the cost}
dear candice,
i miss you so much. your big blue eyes, your carefree spirit in a sarcastic world. you are such a beautiful picture of God. you mean so much to me. i will never forget about you.
so in church, we have been talking about discipleship. for a few weeks, we have been talking about Gods cammand to us and what we need to go in order to be disciples. a few weeks ago, we talked about counting the cost of discipleship. Jesus tells us ing Matthew and Luke that we have to take up our cross and follow Jesus. wen the Gospels were writen, "taking up your cross" ment dragging a wodden cross through a city for public humiliation and then being crucified on it. so what does that look like today? we need to aknowledge God in front of our peers. in Matthew 10:32-33, Jesus says, "whoever aknowledges Me in front of men, I will aknowedge in front of My Father; but whoever denies Me in front of men, I will deny in front of My Father."
so taking up your cross today doesnt just mean not denying Him, but it means aknowledging Him. testifing the good hand of the Lord, sharing the Good News. if you were carrying your cross through town, its not like you could hide behind it or anything.
then you have to think about the fact that you are dragging a cross around town doesnt mean you are showing off how you stand up for what you believe, it means you are about to be killed because of what you believe. real death for real life. its a hard thing to think about, but its something we have to think about in order to be a disciple of Jesus Christ.
if Jesus died for all of us, it only makes sense that we give up all of our stuff (including our lives), and give it all to God.
so here we go. lets go and give it all back to Him.
lets go take up our crosses.
i love you.
love,
sara
dear candice,
i miss you so much. your big blue eyes, your carefree spirit in a sarcastic world. you are such a beautiful picture of God. you mean so much to me. i will never forget about you.
so in church, we have been talking about discipleship. for a few weeks, we have been talking about Gods cammand to us and what we need to go in order to be disciples. a few weeks ago, we talked about counting the cost of discipleship. Jesus tells us ing Matthew and Luke that we have to take up our cross and follow Jesus. wen the Gospels were writen, "taking up your cross" ment dragging a wodden cross through a city for public humiliation and then being crucified on it. so what does that look like today? we need to aknowledge God in front of our peers. in Matthew 10:32-33, Jesus says, "whoever aknowledges Me in front of men, I will aknowedge in front of My Father; but whoever denies Me in front of men, I will deny in front of My Father."
so taking up your cross today doesnt just mean not denying Him, but it means aknowledging Him. testifing the good hand of the Lord, sharing the Good News. if you were carrying your cross through town, its not like you could hide behind it or anything.
then you have to think about the fact that you are dragging a cross around town doesnt mean you are showing off how you stand up for what you believe, it means you are about to be killed because of what you believe. real death for real life. its a hard thing to think about, but its something we have to think about in order to be a disciple of Jesus Christ.
if Jesus died for all of us, it only makes sense that we give up all of our stuff (including our lives), and give it all to God.
so here we go. lets go and give it all back to Him.
lets go take up our crosses.
i love you.
love,
sara
wednesday october 20 2010
{drop everything}
dear candice,
i miss you so much. i know i sound like a broken record but i really do miss you. and i WILL come back. you changed my life forever.
candice, im at a rough place in my life right now. im so confused about what God is doing in my life. trusting that Gods plan will work out and is a better plan than mine is soooooo much easier said than done. but still i find myself afraid. im ready to take up my cross and DIE for what i believe, but still there is something that im afraid of. my reputation and what other people think of me seems to be keeping me from doing what my Creator comanded me to do. i hate this feeling so much. i know that when Jesus said that we should drop everything to follow Him, He didnt mean to drop most things and keep more important things like our family or our friends. when Jesus said that we have to drop everything, he ment EVERYTHING. and it may be hard, but if He gave up His life because He loves us pittiful sinners so much, then i think that we should give up the "important" things to be able to obey the One who saved us from death. but Jesus said that whoever wants to save his or her life, must first lose it. im putting what other people think about me behind me and im ready to be laughed at while i take up my cross to die. im ready to be ridiculed because of what i believe. im ready to die in order to live.
so here and now im putting the past and what other people think of me behind me, and im taking up my cross to die.
i love you.
love,
sara
dear candice,
i miss you so much. i know i sound like a broken record but i really do miss you. and i WILL come back. you changed my life forever.
candice, im at a rough place in my life right now. im so confused about what God is doing in my life. trusting that Gods plan will work out and is a better plan than mine is soooooo much easier said than done. but still i find myself afraid. im ready to take up my cross and DIE for what i believe, but still there is something that im afraid of. my reputation and what other people think of me seems to be keeping me from doing what my Creator comanded me to do. i hate this feeling so much. i know that when Jesus said that we should drop everything to follow Him, He didnt mean to drop most things and keep more important things like our family or our friends. when Jesus said that we have to drop everything, he ment EVERYTHING. and it may be hard, but if He gave up His life because He loves us pittiful sinners so much, then i think that we should give up the "important" things to be able to obey the One who saved us from death. but Jesus said that whoever wants to save his or her life, must first lose it. im putting what other people think about me behind me and im ready to be laughed at while i take up my cross to die. im ready to be ridiculed because of what i believe. im ready to die in order to live.
so here and now im putting the past and what other people think of me behind me, and im taking up my cross to die.
i love you.
love,
sara
Friday, October 8, 2010
thursday september 7 2010
{oh the pressure}
dear candice,
the pressure is on. everyone i s silently looking at me expecting me to do or say something worth their time. i open my mouth, but nothing comes out. no words, no sounds. nothing. what do i do? i wait a while to think then try to say something again. this time i open my mouth and i start speaking. but nothing i say makes sense. they all just blankly stare at me and some whisper to each other. im just talking to hear myself, hoping that just reassuring everyone that i can still talk would make the spotlight on me disappear. but they cant relate to what im saying because they dont understand. i once again pause as the sight of anxious faces grows from inspiring to terrifying. i try to gather my thoughts but quickly realize that there is nothing to gather. i say a silent prayer. an unspoken plea to the only One who can help me at this point. and just when i think i have it together, He wispers to me, "what is there left to say? how long are you going to put off telling them the Truth?" i sigh and open my mouth this time with confidence and knowing exactly what i am going to say. i quietly and cautiously let out the words "God is faithful and true." i hear whispers again. they couldnt hear me. i hear Him speak again. "are you ashamed of Me? tell them the Truth." i sigh and face the crowd again. i take a deep breath ready to proclaim the Truth. i close my eyes and yell as loud as i can, "GOD IS FAITHFUL AND TRUE! and i am NOT ashamed of it!!!!" confused looks snap me back into reality after a few seconds of silence. they were taken back by what i had to say. i dont sudder or run away as i expected myself to- after all i just made a complete fool of myself. but i am a fool for Him. i am not ashamed. i expected the awful feeling of emmbarassment but i have never felt better. im on fire for Him and i just sparked all of their lives. this is who i am and i will continue to yell the truth.
i am a fool for Christ. are you?
i love you.
love,
sara
dear candice,
the pressure is on. everyone i s silently looking at me expecting me to do or say something worth their time. i open my mouth, but nothing comes out. no words, no sounds. nothing. what do i do? i wait a while to think then try to say something again. this time i open my mouth and i start speaking. but nothing i say makes sense. they all just blankly stare at me and some whisper to each other. im just talking to hear myself, hoping that just reassuring everyone that i can still talk would make the spotlight on me disappear. but they cant relate to what im saying because they dont understand. i once again pause as the sight of anxious faces grows from inspiring to terrifying. i try to gather my thoughts but quickly realize that there is nothing to gather. i say a silent prayer. an unspoken plea to the only One who can help me at this point. and just when i think i have it together, He wispers to me, "what is there left to say? how long are you going to put off telling them the Truth?" i sigh and open my mouth this time with confidence and knowing exactly what i am going to say. i quietly and cautiously let out the words "God is faithful and true." i hear whispers again. they couldnt hear me. i hear Him speak again. "are you ashamed of Me? tell them the Truth." i sigh and face the crowd again. i take a deep breath ready to proclaim the Truth. i close my eyes and yell as loud as i can, "GOD IS FAITHFUL AND TRUE! and i am NOT ashamed of it!!!!" confused looks snap me back into reality after a few seconds of silence. they were taken back by what i had to say. i dont sudder or run away as i expected myself to- after all i just made a complete fool of myself. but i am a fool for Him. i am not ashamed. i expected the awful feeling of emmbarassment but i have never felt better. im on fire for Him and i just sparked all of their lives. this is who i am and i will continue to yell the truth.
i am a fool for Christ. are you?
i love you.
love,
sara
Thursday, October 7, 2010
wednesday september 29 2010
{goin' steady}
dear candice,
God said He would never leave us or forsake us. He is always with us- even if we dont necisarily see Him. in joshua 1, God tells joshua, "be strong and corageous; do not be terrified. for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go." fear is a lack of faith. we all have our conserns and doubts but if we are just flat out afraid of life, we dont have faith. God is in charge for very good reasons. God knows our hearts and our intentions. as Dana says, "its such a relief to know that He is in charge and has a plan."
i personally find it very dificult to compleatly and totally surrender to God. to be like matthew and to get up drop everything and follow Jesus. Jesus says in matthew 10 "whoever loves father and mother more than me is not worthy of being My disciple. and whoever does not take up his cross and follow Me is not worthy to be My disciple." i have to get up and drop everything...everything....EVERYTHING and follow Jesus. and i am willing to do it. i want to shine the light of Christ that im willing to give up everything to follow Him. are you?
thank God He is in control.... literally.
i love you.
love,
sara
dear candice,
God said He would never leave us or forsake us. He is always with us- even if we dont necisarily see Him. in joshua 1, God tells joshua, "be strong and corageous; do not be terrified. for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go." fear is a lack of faith. we all have our conserns and doubts but if we are just flat out afraid of life, we dont have faith. God is in charge for very good reasons. God knows our hearts and our intentions. as Dana says, "its such a relief to know that He is in charge and has a plan."
i personally find it very dificult to compleatly and totally surrender to God. to be like matthew and to get up drop everything and follow Jesus. Jesus says in matthew 10 "whoever loves father and mother more than me is not worthy of being My disciple. and whoever does not take up his cross and follow Me is not worthy to be My disciple." i have to get up and drop everything...everything....EVERYTHING and follow Jesus. and i am willing to do it. i want to shine the light of Christ that im willing to give up everything to follow Him. are you?
thank God He is in control.... literally.
i love you.
love,
sara
Monday, September 27, 2010
sunday september 26 2010
{paul:timothy::me:you}
dear candice,
"i hope to come to you soon but i am writing these things to you so that if i delay, you may know how one ought to behave in the household of God." {1 timothy 3:14-15}
paul, who wrote 1st and 2nd timothy along with many other books of the Bible, and i have alot in common. for starters, we both are/were disciples of Jesus Chirst. we also wrote letters to younger people who we didnt have easy access to talk to- me to you and paul to timothy. both of us have published our letters- me on a blog and paul in the Bible. i admire pauls increadible insight and wisdomin his writing to timothy. i only wish i could give you such great advice and encouragement as paul gave to timothy. so although im not an expert- im far from one- when it comes to giving life changing advice, i just like to share with you and whoever else reads this that my God is so good and so amazing.
i have been reading through 1st and 2nd timothy and i personaly am talking away alot from what paul writes. and i compleatly agree with everything he says. like in 2 timothy 2:22 when he writes, "flee youthful passions and pursue righteousness along with those who call on the Lord with a pure heart." thats one of my favorites.
"oh timothy [candice], guard the deposit entrusted yo you. avoid the irrelovent babble and cointradictions of what is falsely called "knowlge," for by professing it, some have swerved from the faith. grace be with you." {1 timothy 6:20-21}
i love you.
love,
sara
dear candice,
"i hope to come to you soon but i am writing these things to you so that if i delay, you may know how one ought to behave in the household of God." {1 timothy 3:14-15}
paul, who wrote 1st and 2nd timothy along with many other books of the Bible, and i have alot in common. for starters, we both are/were disciples of Jesus Chirst. we also wrote letters to younger people who we didnt have easy access to talk to- me to you and paul to timothy. both of us have published our letters- me on a blog and paul in the Bible. i admire pauls increadible insight and wisdomin his writing to timothy. i only wish i could give you such great advice and encouragement as paul gave to timothy. so although im not an expert- im far from one- when it comes to giving life changing advice, i just like to share with you and whoever else reads this that my God is so good and so amazing.
i have been reading through 1st and 2nd timothy and i personaly am talking away alot from what paul writes. and i compleatly agree with everything he says. like in 2 timothy 2:22 when he writes, "flee youthful passions and pursue righteousness along with those who call on the Lord with a pure heart." thats one of my favorites.
"oh timothy [candice], guard the deposit entrusted yo you. avoid the irrelovent babble and cointradictions of what is falsely called "knowlge," for by professing it, some have swerved from the faith. grace be with you." {1 timothy 6:20-21}
i love you.
love,
sara
Saturday, September 18, 2010
wednesday september 15 2010
{no more fear}
dear candice,
tonight in my youth group we talked about what we are afraid of when it comes to sharing the Gospel with people. in every fear that we responded with, they all sounded the same. we are worried that people wont think we are cool enough. my fear is that my reputaion will be ruined jsut because people think im so deferent from them. now, yeah i compleatly understand that im not normal in any way shape or form, but still, i want friends. i want to have someone in the world who dosnt think im a compleate freak! but im a fool. i am a fool for my God. after i really thought about it, if im not willing to sacrifice my reputation for the Truth, then im saying to God, "im too cool for you." if im not willing to sacrifice my looks for the Truth, then im saying to God, "i look to good for you." if im not willing to sacrifice anything for the Truth, then im saying to God, "i already have everything i ever wanted, thank you very much." wow. im a jerk.
it takes alot of faith to be able to tell God, "i dont want my reputation, looks, or anything for that matter. its all YOURS. take it all. You are all i need." its a hard thing to do... mind you that God dosnt call us to do easy things.
"only a fool would want to chant a dead man's name." -nicole nordeman
i love you.
love,
sara
dear candice,
tonight in my youth group we talked about what we are afraid of when it comes to sharing the Gospel with people. in every fear that we responded with, they all sounded the same. we are worried that people wont think we are cool enough. my fear is that my reputaion will be ruined jsut because people think im so deferent from them. now, yeah i compleatly understand that im not normal in any way shape or form, but still, i want friends. i want to have someone in the world who dosnt think im a compleate freak! but im a fool. i am a fool for my God. after i really thought about it, if im not willing to sacrifice my reputation for the Truth, then im saying to God, "im too cool for you." if im not willing to sacrifice my looks for the Truth, then im saying to God, "i look to good for you." if im not willing to sacrifice anything for the Truth, then im saying to God, "i already have everything i ever wanted, thank you very much." wow. im a jerk.
it takes alot of faith to be able to tell God, "i dont want my reputation, looks, or anything for that matter. its all YOURS. take it all. You are all i need." its a hard thing to do... mind you that God dosnt call us to do easy things.
"only a fool would want to chant a dead man's name." -nicole nordeman
i love you.
love,
sara
saturday september 11 2010
{missing peace}
dear candice,
this wold is such an evil, malicious, vortex of terror. but on the bright side, God is still faithful. i think its amazing that, as humans, we always have to fight with each other. we always want to be right. we always want to prove that our way is the best way. and i have come to find that we will do almost anything to get what we want.
its almost like fighting (not necessarily "war" but just even just debate) is a natural thing. it seems like that because of how society has turned us against each other. society has taught us that we deserve whatever we want whenever we want. (but honestly as sinners, the only thing we deserve is death.) in America today, it has become compleatly futile to settle for what we want. if we want something we will get it...and no one will stop us. if we dont want something, we will brutaly shove it back in the face of whoever dared give it to us and throw a fit about how this isnt what we wanted.
Jesus came to bring peace on earth (hence the Prince of Peace). but we fail misrebly if we try to live in peace in a broken world. it just dosnt work that way.
i pray that you would find peace in the Father alone.
i love you.
love,
sara
dear candice,
this wold is such an evil, malicious, vortex of terror. but on the bright side, God is still faithful. i think its amazing that, as humans, we always have to fight with each other. we always want to be right. we always want to prove that our way is the best way. and i have come to find that we will do almost anything to get what we want.
its almost like fighting (not necessarily "war" but just even just debate) is a natural thing. it seems like that because of how society has turned us against each other. society has taught us that we deserve whatever we want whenever we want. (but honestly as sinners, the only thing we deserve is death.) in America today, it has become compleatly futile to settle for what we want. if we want something we will get it...and no one will stop us. if we dont want something, we will brutaly shove it back in the face of whoever dared give it to us and throw a fit about how this isnt what we wanted.
Jesus came to bring peace on earth (hence the Prince of Peace). but we fail misrebly if we try to live in peace in a broken world. it just dosnt work that way.
i pray that you would find peace in the Father alone.
i love you.
love,
sara
Thursday, September 2, 2010
thursday september 2 2010
{speaking up}
Dear Candice,
Last night I was asked to speak at my church to the entire high school group about what God is doing in my life and what the Great Commission means to me. I thought about what I was going to say for a while. I started out by writing out something to say. But then I realized that there’s not really a point in planning anything because God could change it all in a moment’s notice… or in no notice at all. So I started off by talking about you. About how you, all the other kids at the projects, and most importantly, God have changed me. I also talked about the Great Commission and what God has been saying to me about it. Jesus used three main verbs in the Great Commission- go, make disciples, and baptize. In my opinion, Jesus means that we shouldn’t stop….ever, that we should share our testimonies to inspire people to be disciples and follow Jesus, and to wash them with the Gospel without hitting them over the head with a Bible. This is about all I remember saying because I just let God do the talking through what I said.
I got to meet with McCall right before youth last night. We had a super fancy dinner at sonic. She, along with myself, has been called by God to step out be different. Together we are uniting to turn this world all the way around… maybe even upside down, inside out, and around the corner. God has defiantly not called us to do things that are safe. At all. What so ever. But we, as Matthew, are getting up, dropping everything, and following Jesus. This is me, and McCall taking up our crosses and being willing to die for life. So seriously, watch out- we ARE dangerous. In the words of Caetlyn, I am becoming the most dangerous girl to ever walk the halls of Brentwood High.
Here I go to set the world on fire.
I love you.
Love,
sara
Dear Candice,
Last night I was asked to speak at my church to the entire high school group about what God is doing in my life and what the Great Commission means to me. I thought about what I was going to say for a while. I started out by writing out something to say. But then I realized that there’s not really a point in planning anything because God could change it all in a moment’s notice… or in no notice at all. So I started off by talking about you. About how you, all the other kids at the projects, and most importantly, God have changed me. I also talked about the Great Commission and what God has been saying to me about it. Jesus used three main verbs in the Great Commission- go, make disciples, and baptize. In my opinion, Jesus means that we shouldn’t stop….ever, that we should share our testimonies to inspire people to be disciples and follow Jesus, and to wash them with the Gospel without hitting them over the head with a Bible. This is about all I remember saying because I just let God do the talking through what I said.
I got to meet with McCall right before youth last night. We had a super fancy dinner at sonic. She, along with myself, has been called by God to step out be different. Together we are uniting to turn this world all the way around… maybe even upside down, inside out, and around the corner. God has defiantly not called us to do things that are safe. At all. What so ever. But we, as Matthew, are getting up, dropping everything, and following Jesus. This is me, and McCall taking up our crosses and being willing to die for life. So seriously, watch out- we ARE dangerous. In the words of Caetlyn, I am becoming the most dangerous girl to ever walk the halls of Brentwood High.
Here I go to set the world on fire.
I love you.
Love,
sara
thursday august 26 2010
{age is just a number}
Dear Candice,
I’m itching to come back to see you. I will come back- I promise.
Last night I went to youth group just like I do every Wednesday. But last night was different- something hit me. It was this flood of feelings of power. I can step out and be the change that people don’t expect to see in a teenage girl. Adults grossly underestimate the power of a highschooler. Candice, last night it dawned on me that I have the power to revolutionize and completely turn around the way people look at teenagers.
God is calling me to step out and be different. But honestly, He’s calling everyone to step out and be different- I’m just obeying. We make so many excuses to try to convince God that we aren’t the “right one.” I think the most common excuse is, “I’m just a kid.” This is exactly what Jeremiah told God in Jeremiah 1. It was simple- God told him to go, he said I’m too young. And God replied with this: “do not say I am only a youth. For wherever I send you, you shall go and whatever I command you to, you shall say. This is how we all make excuses, but God knows that we’re only kids. And I believe He’s calling the kids to be different for a reason. I love how Jesus put it in Matthew. There were kids coming to Jesus but the adults were holding them back. But Jesus simply said, “Let the children come to me.” He went on to say that everyone should have faith like a child.
Wow.
I love you,
Love,
sara
Dear Candice,
I’m itching to come back to see you. I will come back- I promise.
Last night I went to youth group just like I do every Wednesday. But last night was different- something hit me. It was this flood of feelings of power. I can step out and be the change that people don’t expect to see in a teenage girl. Adults grossly underestimate the power of a highschooler. Candice, last night it dawned on me that I have the power to revolutionize and completely turn around the way people look at teenagers.
God is calling me to step out and be different. But honestly, He’s calling everyone to step out and be different- I’m just obeying. We make so many excuses to try to convince God that we aren’t the “right one.” I think the most common excuse is, “I’m just a kid.” This is exactly what Jeremiah told God in Jeremiah 1. It was simple- God told him to go, he said I’m too young. And God replied with this: “do not say I am only a youth. For wherever I send you, you shall go and whatever I command you to, you shall say. This is how we all make excuses, but God knows that we’re only kids. And I believe He’s calling the kids to be different for a reason. I love how Jesus put it in Matthew. There were kids coming to Jesus but the adults were holding them back. But Jesus simply said, “Let the children come to me.” He went on to say that everyone should have faith like a child.
Wow.
I love you,
Love,
sara
Thursday, August 26, 2010
monday, august 16 2010
{words mean things}
dear candice,
there are two kinds of words in the world- good and bad. simple. words are so important in the world. just think- whithout the words "let there be light" we (or at least the sun) wouldnt be here. there wouldnt be any of the greatest quotes like, "you shall not pass" (gandalf), "do or do not- there is no try," (yoda), "you know youre in love when you cant fall asleep because reality is better than your dreams," (dr. suess) or " come to me all you who are weary and heavy laden and i will give you rest." (jesus).
so back to the main point- good and bad words. i like how james put it- "with it (the tounge or words) we bless your Lord and Father and with it we curse people who are made in the likeness of God. from the same mouth comes blessing and cursing." (james 3:9-10) this is so true. i mean when some one commites a crime and they go to court or whatever they do, whatever the judge says can literally bring death to that person. this is swhy thinking before we speak is so important. words can hinder a persons self esteem or self image. they can also raise a persons self esteem or self confidence. words are how we make friends. words are how we tell our stories. without words i wouoldnt be writing right now. without words, david would have had an extreamly difficult time writing psalms. there are four main communication skills that everyone is supposed to learn. they are reading writing listening and speaking. what do all of these skills have in common? they all use words duh! communication is the key. now in society, since we can communicate in practly any way we want, our words are very important. words can change a persons life. words can end someones life.
God has given us a beautiful gift- the gift of words. use them wiesly.
i love you.
love,
sara
dear candice,
there are two kinds of words in the world- good and bad. simple. words are so important in the world. just think- whithout the words "let there be light" we (or at least the sun) wouldnt be here. there wouldnt be any of the greatest quotes like, "you shall not pass" (gandalf), "do or do not- there is no try," (yoda), "you know youre in love when you cant fall asleep because reality is better than your dreams," (dr. suess) or " come to me all you who are weary and heavy laden and i will give you rest." (jesus).
so back to the main point- good and bad words. i like how james put it- "with it (the tounge or words) we bless your Lord and Father and with it we curse people who are made in the likeness of God. from the same mouth comes blessing and cursing." (james 3:9-10) this is so true. i mean when some one commites a crime and they go to court or whatever they do, whatever the judge says can literally bring death to that person. this is swhy thinking before we speak is so important. words can hinder a persons self esteem or self image. they can also raise a persons self esteem or self confidence. words are how we make friends. words are how we tell our stories. without words i wouoldnt be writing right now. without words, david would have had an extreamly difficult time writing psalms. there are four main communication skills that everyone is supposed to learn. they are reading writing listening and speaking. what do all of these skills have in common? they all use words duh! communication is the key. now in society, since we can communicate in practly any way we want, our words are very important. words can change a persons life. words can end someones life.
God has given us a beautiful gift- the gift of words. use them wiesly.
i love you.
love,
sara
tuesday, august 10 2010
{help}
dear candice,
im trying to come back so bad.God has still been telling me to go back to see you. i miss you so much.
candice, my sister and i went to a world vision convention today. i go to go to walk through the lives of real children and the affects of AIDS in their communities. at the end of the walk that i went through, there were pictures and information about children that needed help. this was really hard for me because it showed me that there are real children who need real help. my help. i picked up one of the information packets and i couldnt even look at the picture. when i didlook at her my heart was broken. it reminded me so much of when you looked at me in the eyes and needed my help. the people asked me to consider sponseriong her. but before i could even answer or respond my first thought was, "ill talk to candice about it." so here i am, talking to you about sponseriong this little girl named Eunice. so even though you cant reply and you dont evenknow im saying any of this, what should i do?
i love you,
love,
sara
dear candice,
im trying to come back so bad.God has still been telling me to go back to see you. i miss you so much.
candice, my sister and i went to a world vision convention today. i go to go to walk through the lives of real children and the affects of AIDS in their communities. at the end of the walk that i went through, there were pictures and information about children that needed help. this was really hard for me because it showed me that there are real children who need real help. my help. i picked up one of the information packets and i couldnt even look at the picture. when i didlook at her my heart was broken. it reminded me so much of when you looked at me in the eyes and needed my help. the people asked me to consider sponseriong her. but before i could even answer or respond my first thought was, "ill talk to candice about it." so here i am, talking to you about sponseriong this little girl named Eunice. so even though you cant reply and you dont evenknow im saying any of this, what should i do?
i love you,
love,
sara
friday, july 30 2010
{real life}
Dar candice,
God is so amazing! He sees me right now. He sees my broken heart. Just because you're mad sad lonely or mad or scared didn't mean that youcanb go to the Heavenly Father. He knows how we feel because He made those feelings and He made them. So what's holding you back? Sing praises to to the God who parted seas and created every little hint in this world. You and I only have one life on this earth. So we need to live it to the fullest it can be. When some people say that they really mean "do all the things you always wanted to." but when I say it I mean "you should go serve God with everything you have!"
Candice I want to show the joy I have for my Creator! I'm coming back I promise.
I love you.
Love,
sara
Dar candice,
God is so amazing! He sees me right now. He sees my broken heart. Just because you're mad sad lonely or mad or scared didn't mean that youcanb go to the Heavenly Father. He knows how we feel because He made those feelings and He made them. So what's holding you back? Sing praises to to the God who parted seas and created every little hint in this world. You and I only have one life on this earth. So we need to live it to the fullest it can be. When some people say that they really mean "do all the things you always wanted to." but when I say it I mean "you should go serve God with everything you have!"
Candice I want to show the joy I have for my Creator! I'm coming back I promise.
I love you.
Love,
sara
monday, july 26 2010
{i will never forget}
Dear candice,
So it's been 5 1/2 weeks. Guess what! I'm still wearing the finger nail polish that you and the other little girls put on my fingers. I REFUSE to take it off (although it has pretty much allready come off of most of my fingernails). I'm also still wearing the bracelet that I made on the first day at the projects. Funny story. My mom tried to get me to take it off but I simply replied ,"mom I can't take it off" "well sara if you can't take it off we could cut it off." "no mom you don't understand I CANT take it off.
Over the summe I have started going on walks in my neighborhood. There's this one part of the main road hat crosses a creek. So (obviously) there's a bridge. In the middle of my walks I will sometimes stop and just look at how beautiful it is. It is honestly one of the most beautiful things I have ever seen. This is where I really like to talk to God. We have nice little conversations. The other say when I was looking out on he bridge, I was litsening to mi iPod. The song "i'm not who I was" by brandon Heath came on. I thought of you imeadiatly. So what do I do? I burst into tears. So all the old people vacationing from minisoda and Indiana who have to cross the bridge for their super fun vacation to the carnton mansion are staring at a 14 year old girl standing at a bridge crying. I kinda feel bad for them.
So all that to say you are still in my thoughts and prayers now more than ever. I'm coming back I really am.
I love you.
Love,
sara
Dear candice,
So it's been 5 1/2 weeks. Guess what! I'm still wearing the finger nail polish that you and the other little girls put on my fingers. I REFUSE to take it off (although it has pretty much allready come off of most of my fingernails). I'm also still wearing the bracelet that I made on the first day at the projects. Funny story. My mom tried to get me to take it off but I simply replied ,"mom I can't take it off" "well sara if you can't take it off we could cut it off." "no mom you don't understand I CANT take it off.
Over the summe I have started going on walks in my neighborhood. There's this one part of the main road hat crosses a creek. So (obviously) there's a bridge. In the middle of my walks I will sometimes stop and just look at how beautiful it is. It is honestly one of the most beautiful things I have ever seen. This is where I really like to talk to God. We have nice little conversations. The other say when I was looking out on he bridge, I was litsening to mi iPod. The song "i'm not who I was" by brandon Heath came on. I thought of you imeadiatly. So what do I do? I burst into tears. So all the old people vacationing from minisoda and Indiana who have to cross the bridge for their super fun vacation to the carnton mansion are staring at a 14 year old girl standing at a bridge crying. I kinda feel bad for them.
So all that to say you are still in my thoughts and prayers now more than ever. I'm coming back I really am.
I love you.
Love,
sara
sunday july 25 2010
{emotional wreck}
dear candice,
my life feels like a whirlpool of madness. i feel like a bottle of coke that has never been opend and little things keep shaking me up. one of these days i just know that im gonna get shaken up so much that im gonna just explode. i dont want my life to fall apart. i dont wanna blow it. i dont want to try to find peace in a broken world. sadly i feel like my life has fallen apart, that i blew it and that i found "peace" in a world of nothing but crap.
i had a nice little talk with Jesus last night. i just went to God without having to worry about saying the right thing or Him not understanding. He got everyting i was talking about it was amazing- then again He is God... He kinda made everything and decides if i can take my next breath or not. suddenly when i talked to God, i felt whole again. He gave me another chance. it was such a beautiful thing.
so dont be afraid to talk to God. He knows how you truly feel... after all Hes the One controling it
hang in there. im coming back.
i love you.
love,
sara
dear candice,
my life feels like a whirlpool of madness. i feel like a bottle of coke that has never been opend and little things keep shaking me up. one of these days i just know that im gonna get shaken up so much that im gonna just explode. i dont want my life to fall apart. i dont wanna blow it. i dont want to try to find peace in a broken world. sadly i feel like my life has fallen apart, that i blew it and that i found "peace" in a world of nothing but crap.
i had a nice little talk with Jesus last night. i just went to God without having to worry about saying the right thing or Him not understanding. He got everyting i was talking about it was amazing- then again He is God... He kinda made everything and decides if i can take my next breath or not. suddenly when i talked to God, i felt whole again. He gave me another chance. it was such a beautiful thing.
so dont be afraid to talk to God. He knows how you truly feel... after all Hes the One controling it
hang in there. im coming back.
i love you.
love,
sara
tuesday, july 13 2010
{go}
dear candice,
My heart breaks.
Tears fill my eyes.
I want to scream.
A storm of emotion floods my heart.
I hate how you have to live in such a broken world… I don’t even know what to do.
I’m trying to wrap my brain around so much. Last night I was reading in Matthew chapter 10. I was curious about the names of Jesus’ disciples. Following directly behind the names of the disciples was Jesus’ command to them. He told them not to go to their hometowns to teach the Good News but instead He said, “But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. And proclaim as you go, ‘the kingdom of heaven is at hand.’ Heal the sick. Raise the dead. Cleanse lepers. Cast out demons. You received without paying; give without pay.”
This was such a slap in the face from God to me- especially the part that says, “Give without pay.” Am I willing to give without getting paid for it?
Since then, I have been thinking of ways to give without pay. Does this mean come back to see you and bring necessary food and clothes with me? Does it mean telling the lady I babysit for, “no thanks,” when she hands me a handful of old paper bills? I’m still working on the right thing to do.
This world is so broken and one person can make a difference- one person can fix it, one very strong willed person. I want to make a difference… I want to fix it. But I can’t do it alone. Gosh, I can’t do anything by myself.
I can’t do anything without Christ- but I can do everything with Him.
This is just a leaf off the tree of what is running laps around my head.
Give without pay.
I love you.
Love,
sara
dear candice,
My heart breaks.
Tears fill my eyes.
I want to scream.
A storm of emotion floods my heart.
I hate how you have to live in such a broken world… I don’t even know what to do.
I’m trying to wrap my brain around so much. Last night I was reading in Matthew chapter 10. I was curious about the names of Jesus’ disciples. Following directly behind the names of the disciples was Jesus’ command to them. He told them not to go to their hometowns to teach the Good News but instead He said, “But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. And proclaim as you go, ‘the kingdom of heaven is at hand.’ Heal the sick. Raise the dead. Cleanse lepers. Cast out demons. You received without paying; give without pay.”
This was such a slap in the face from God to me- especially the part that says, “Give without pay.” Am I willing to give without getting paid for it?
Since then, I have been thinking of ways to give without pay. Does this mean come back to see you and bring necessary food and clothes with me? Does it mean telling the lady I babysit for, “no thanks,” when she hands me a handful of old paper bills? I’m still working on the right thing to do.
This world is so broken and one person can make a difference- one person can fix it, one very strong willed person. I want to make a difference… I want to fix it. But I can’t do it alone. Gosh, I can’t do anything by myself.
I can’t do anything without Christ- but I can do everything with Him.
This is just a leaf off the tree of what is running laps around my head.
Give without pay.
I love you.
Love,
sara
thursday, july 8 2010
{hope}
dear candice,
three weeks. it feels like forever times three since ive seen you. i miss you so much.
my heart breaks at the thought of what you will have to go through in your life. candice a nine year old girl like you needs the love and care that your just not getting where you are in your life. but even though you may not ever get love that you truly need and you may be hungry sometimes there is always hope. you can always count on love from me when you feel like no one needs you.
one of the most important things in the world is hope. a mentor once told me that hope isnt wishing for somthing- its having the confidence that somthing with a postitive outcome will rise through troubles. this is true weather or not you have hope that you will get to eat tomorrow or if you have hope that there truy is someone who loves you and that youre not alone.
so though the hard times in your life- from your goldfish dieing to your best friend dieing and everything in between- just know that there is always hope through your struggles.
i was taught to have hope in a hard time in my life and since i had hope that things would get better i am able to teach you what true hope means.
be hopeful!
i love you.
love,
sara
dear candice,
three weeks. it feels like forever times three since ive seen you. i miss you so much.
my heart breaks at the thought of what you will have to go through in your life. candice a nine year old girl like you needs the love and care that your just not getting where you are in your life. but even though you may not ever get love that you truly need and you may be hungry sometimes there is always hope. you can always count on love from me when you feel like no one needs you.
one of the most important things in the world is hope. a mentor once told me that hope isnt wishing for somthing- its having the confidence that somthing with a postitive outcome will rise through troubles. this is true weather or not you have hope that you will get to eat tomorrow or if you have hope that there truy is someone who loves you and that youre not alone.
so though the hard times in your life- from your goldfish dieing to your best friend dieing and everything in between- just know that there is always hope through your struggles.
i was taught to have hope in a hard time in my life and since i had hope that things would get better i am able to teach you what true hope means.
be hopeful!
i love you.
love,
sara
monday, july 5 2010
{long 2 weeks}
dear candice,
over 2 weeks and i still miss you. im still praying for you and i still love you.
im so tired. i just wanna lay down and take a break from life. you know that feeling where you just really need to be by yourself and dont want anything or anyone to bother you? well thats exactly how i feel...but 10 times worse. i almost want to go throw my phone in a river. i mean it seems like a pretty good idea to me. it sure would save me quite a bit of stress. i honestly thought that this kind of drama only went on in tv shows.
anyway, all that to say, so many things, including interactions with other people, get in the way of me living my dream free life of pursuing one thing and one thing only: my relationship with Christ.
in the book of James in the Bible talks about how what we say can really hurt other people. ill be the first to tell you that its really easy to read somthing in the Bible that was written some 2,000 years ago but when it acctully happens to you, you really realize that God wasnt just talking about what people said and did 2,000 years ago, but that even in 2010 we are still human. people still just let their mouths overflow with things to say.
duct tape will do great things- like maybe say shut someone up. i wish i had a roll of duct tape at hand all day long so that i could just wrap someones head up when they say somthing that i dont like. unfortunatly, life dosnt work that way...but i wish it did. let me tell you- its so unbelieveably hard to have self-control about somthing that makes you want to just scream non stop. but still you have to try to stay strong.
all i know is when its all said and done Jesus still died a painful death for you and me and He will ALWAYS reign.
stay strong.
i love you.
love,
sara
dear candice,
over 2 weeks and i still miss you. im still praying for you and i still love you.
im so tired. i just wanna lay down and take a break from life. you know that feeling where you just really need to be by yourself and dont want anything or anyone to bother you? well thats exactly how i feel...but 10 times worse. i almost want to go throw my phone in a river. i mean it seems like a pretty good idea to me. it sure would save me quite a bit of stress. i honestly thought that this kind of drama only went on in tv shows.
anyway, all that to say, so many things, including interactions with other people, get in the way of me living my dream free life of pursuing one thing and one thing only: my relationship with Christ.
in the book of James in the Bible talks about how what we say can really hurt other people. ill be the first to tell you that its really easy to read somthing in the Bible that was written some 2,000 years ago but when it acctully happens to you, you really realize that God wasnt just talking about what people said and did 2,000 years ago, but that even in 2010 we are still human. people still just let their mouths overflow with things to say.
duct tape will do great things- like maybe say shut someone up. i wish i had a roll of duct tape at hand all day long so that i could just wrap someones head up when they say somthing that i dont like. unfortunatly, life dosnt work that way...but i wish it did. let me tell you- its so unbelieveably hard to have self-control about somthing that makes you want to just scream non stop. but still you have to try to stay strong.
all i know is when its all said and done Jesus still died a painful death for you and me and He will ALWAYS reign.
stay strong.
i love you.
love,
sara
monday, june 28 2010
{ready to live}
Dear Candice,
I’ve got to admit it-sometimes I get tired of life. As weird as it sounds, life sometimes gets in my way of living. Let me explain.
Life has so many rules and restrictions. Can I not just live? Life’s too short to color in the lines, sing in key, or raise your hand when you have something to say. Why can’t I just express myself OUTSIDE the lines? Sing in whatever key I please? Or just talk whether or not anyone is listening? I just want to live to show the glory of my Creator. Did He create me to make a perfect picture or be different? I want to live! I want to shout His name on a rooftop WITHOUT getting arrested.
Life is sooooo much more than being perfect. True life is only possible when you sing of no other but the name of Jesus.
So don’t worry about coloring in the lines. Sing sing sing! God doesn’t care about how you sing- but what you sing. Talk away. Speak about the great joys of life and of His name. our purpose in life isn’t having everything we want it’s about glorifying God!
I love you.
Love,
Sara
Dear Candice,
I’ve got to admit it-sometimes I get tired of life. As weird as it sounds, life sometimes gets in my way of living. Let me explain.
Life has so many rules and restrictions. Can I not just live? Life’s too short to color in the lines, sing in key, or raise your hand when you have something to say. Why can’t I just express myself OUTSIDE the lines? Sing in whatever key I please? Or just talk whether or not anyone is listening? I just want to live to show the glory of my Creator. Did He create me to make a perfect picture or be different? I want to live! I want to shout His name on a rooftop WITHOUT getting arrested.
Life is sooooo much more than being perfect. True life is only possible when you sing of no other but the name of Jesus.
So don’t worry about coloring in the lines. Sing sing sing! God doesn’t care about how you sing- but what you sing. Talk away. Speak about the great joys of life and of His name. our purpose in life isn’t having everything we want it’s about glorifying God!
I love you.
Love,
Sara
sunday june 27 2010
{truly, truly i say to you...}
Dear Candice,
Today in church we talked about lying. I felt like I needed to try to repair some broken relationships that I have due to some lies. I thought about you. have I lied to you? did I lie when I said "this isnt the last time I will see you" on that thursday? or "I will come back" or "Im praying for you" or even "I love you"? not at all. I have done just the opposite. that WASNT the last time, I WILL come back, I AM praying for you and I DO love you. you have shown me the very face of God.
I love you.
Love,
Sara
Dear Candice,
Today in church we talked about lying. I felt like I needed to try to repair some broken relationships that I have due to some lies. I thought about you. have I lied to you? did I lie when I said "this isnt the last time I will see you" on that thursday? or "I will come back" or "Im praying for you" or even "I love you"? not at all. I have done just the opposite. that WASNT the last time, I WILL come back, I AM praying for you and I DO love you. you have shown me the very face of God.
I love you.
Love,
Sara
friday, june 25 2010
{long week}
Dear Candice,
I can’t believe it has been a whole week. it feels like I haven’t seen you in years. But still I wont forget you and I’m praying for you.
Candice, God will use you in so many ways. Despite your age, condition, and experience, God can and will still use you. Take it from me. Here is how I have experienced God:
The few short years I have lived consist of struggle pain suffering joy peace and love. The pain of every day for the past year has somehow been overcome by the joy of a love greater than this world. My life and what is left of it is, in a way, a sea of unforgiving circumstances that result in letting small things defeat me. This is how my entire life was until that seemingly ordinary day when God placed you in my life. I am changed forever. Through all of the pain and suffering, somehow there was still love. Love is the result of care and compassion and is expressed in profoundly diverse ways. Love is an action- not an emotion. One cannot feel love toward someone else. Instead, he or she cares about this person enough to take action and not just let their feeling sit. The action taken in this situation is the love. This is why I am able to say to you that I love you- because I care about you enough to pray for you and write you letters.
You Candice can love because He first loved us.
I love you.
Love,
sara
Dear Candice,
I can’t believe it has been a whole week. it feels like I haven’t seen you in years. But still I wont forget you and I’m praying for you.
Candice, God will use you in so many ways. Despite your age, condition, and experience, God can and will still use you. Take it from me. Here is how I have experienced God:
The few short years I have lived consist of struggle pain suffering joy peace and love. The pain of every day for the past year has somehow been overcome by the joy of a love greater than this world. My life and what is left of it is, in a way, a sea of unforgiving circumstances that result in letting small things defeat me. This is how my entire life was until that seemingly ordinary day when God placed you in my life. I am changed forever. Through all of the pain and suffering, somehow there was still love. Love is the result of care and compassion and is expressed in profoundly diverse ways. Love is an action- not an emotion. One cannot feel love toward someone else. Instead, he or she cares about this person enough to take action and not just let their feeling sit. The action taken in this situation is the love. This is why I am able to say to you that I love you- because I care about you enough to pray for you and write you letters.
You Candice can love because He first loved us.
I love you.
Love,
sara
thursday, june 24 2010
{missing you}
Dear Candice,
I miss you so much. I close my eyes and long to see your bright blue eyes looking up at me asking the question, “do you truly love me?” words alone will never be able to answer a priceless question like this one. But if I had to sum up my answer into one word it would be “yes.” I love you.
I have been working at a vacation Bible school all this week teaching kids your age how to praise God with dance. I don’t think I will ever be able to work with kids again without thinking about you. I so wish I could be in the backyard of that unoccupied apartment in the Talladega projects playing kickball with you. I miss you.
I will never forget you.
I love you.
Love,
sara
Dear Candice,
I miss you so much. I close my eyes and long to see your bright blue eyes looking up at me asking the question, “do you truly love me?” words alone will never be able to answer a priceless question like this one. But if I had to sum up my answer into one word it would be “yes.” I love you.
I have been working at a vacation Bible school all this week teaching kids your age how to praise God with dance. I don’t think I will ever be able to work with kids again without thinking about you. I so wish I could be in the backyard of that unoccupied apartment in the Talladega projects playing kickball with you. I miss you.
I will never forget you.
I love you.
Love,
sara
friday, june 18 2010
{new hope}
Dear Candice,
I’m still very upset that I had to leave you yesterday. I cried and cried when I had to wash off the little notes that you wrote on my arms and legs with magic marker. You wrote “I will miss you,” on my right arm and “I wish you would come back” on my right leg. I’m so sad to be torn away from your peaceful smile and your hopeful spirit.
You may not see it but you gave my life meaning and hope. Just the thought of you makes me sad that you have to endure such hardships. But somehow through your and my trials, no matter how big or small they may seem, God is still with us. He will never put us though a trial that is too difficult for us to endure. God sees your heart. Stay on fire for Him. But most of all, don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young but set an example for the believers in speech, life, love, faith, and purity.
I love you.
Love,
sara
Dear Candice,
I’m still very upset that I had to leave you yesterday. I cried and cried when I had to wash off the little notes that you wrote on my arms and legs with magic marker. You wrote “I will miss you,” on my right arm and “I wish you would come back” on my right leg. I’m so sad to be torn away from your peaceful smile and your hopeful spirit.
You may not see it but you gave my life meaning and hope. Just the thought of you makes me sad that you have to endure such hardships. But somehow through your and my trials, no matter how big or small they may seem, God is still with us. He will never put us though a trial that is too difficult for us to endure. God sees your heart. Stay on fire for Him. But most of all, don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young but set an example for the believers in speech, life, love, faith, and purity.
I love you.
Love,
sara
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